Combined chair and cabinet for phonographs



Mar. 6, 1923.

F. J. LE GORIE COMBINED CHAIR AND CABINET FOR PHONOGRAPHS Paul J .Z7eG0rde @W/L Patented Mar. 6, 1923.

UNITED STATES ram. JOSEPH LE GORIE, or UNION HILL, NEW JERSEY.

COMBINED CHAIR AND CABINET FOR PHONOGRAPHS.

' Application filed April 6,

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known thatI, PAUL J. LE Gomn, a

citizen of the United States, residing at f 542 Jefferson Place, Union Hill, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey,

have invented certain new and useful Imd its object to so construct a'device of this nature that a pleasing and ornamental article of furniture will be provided which will be of utility as a chair and at the same time will house the mechanism of the phonograph; certain of the elements of the phono graph being controllable, as herein'after set forth by a person seated in the chair.

It is a further object of the invention to make the chair in question serve the further useful purposes of providing a cabinet for the storage of phonograph records.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

In the accompanying drawing:

F l is -a front perspective view of a chair constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof with a part of the door of the cabinet broken away; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional vlew illustrating the member by which the sound controlling shutter is operated.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts: throughout the several figures of the drawing.

In car ing out the invention I provide a chair 5 o pleasing and ornamental appearance, the seat 6 of which is removable, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, so that access may be had to a phonograph the casing of which is indicated at 7 and the mechanism of which may be. wound by the usual crank indicated at 8. A sound controlling shutter 9 in the front wall of the casing 7 provides means for determining the volume of sound which may pass from the phonograph and this shutter has its blades 10 connected to a vertical rod 11 which is provided with a finger engaging piece 12 upon its upper end so that the shutter-may be controlled by a person seated in the chair 1922. SeriaI no. 550,053.

andwithout the necessity of arising. The back of the chair not only serves its usual unctlon of constituting a back for the chair but also phonograph records indicated at 13. A oor 14 provides for access to said cabinet. Thus it will be seen that the several elements of the chair are caused to serve double functions, the back is causedto serve as a back and as a storage cabinet for the phonograph records. The seat is caused to serve its function asa seat and as a cover for {he mechanism of the phonograph. The

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its usual function as an element of the chair and as a housing element for the.

phonograph mechanism, while the controlling element 12 of the shutter 9 is brought into such relationship to the tobe accessible to a chair.

The conserving of space is of importance these days of'small apartments and flats.

person seated in the The article of the present invention combines all of the desirable qualities of an easy chair and of a phonograph while occupying only the space ordinarily occupied by one of them.

It is to be understood that the'invention a phonograph case constituting a fixed and integral part of the chair frame and forming a completely closed housing \lying beneath the seat portion of the chair frame and within the confines of the legs thereof, a lift-able seat element constituting a seat for the chair and a, cover for'the phonograph case, sound controlling elements mounted in one wall of the'phonograph case, an operating member for the sound controlling elements accessible to a person seated in the chair and a horn element constituting a fixed and integral part of the structure and located within the phonograph case and terminating" adjacent said sound controlling elements 2. In combination a chair frame, a phono-v graph case constituting a fixed and part of the chair frame and forming a completely closed housing lying beneath the serves as a storagg cabinet for 60 part of the chair is caused to serve 70 chair frame as 75 integral 11o seat portion of the chair frame and within the confines of the legs thereof, a lift-able seat element constituting a seat for the chair and a cover for the phonograph case, a horn element constituting a fixed and integral part of the structure and located within the phonograph case and sound controlling mechanism for said horn comprising an operating member accessible to a person seated in the chair and which sound controlling element controls the volume of sound passing from said horn.

3. In combination a chair, a phonograph casing housed in said chair beneath the seat thereof, a seat element constituting a seat for the chair and a cover for the phonograph casing, a hollow back for the chair constituting a cabinet for the reception of phonograph records, a door through which records may be introduced to and removed from said hollow back, a sound controlling shutter in the front wall of the phonograph casing and a manually operable controlling member for said shutter accessible to a person seated in said chair.

In testimony whereof I hereunto atfix my signature.

PAUL J (3SEPH LE GORIE. 

